Sabella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- suh-BEL-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Sabella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my oath”. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Sabella mean?
Hebrew: short form of Isabella, from Elisabeth
“God is my oath”
Isabella came from Elisabeth through medieval Spanish and Italian forms.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sabella a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sabella in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 girls.
Sabella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Sabella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Sabella, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Sabella than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Sabella in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,632 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,557 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,712 |
| 2013 | 82 | #2,259 |
| 2012 | 73 | #2,495 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,762 |
| 2010 | 71 | #2,562 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
Nicknames for Sabella
- Bella 567 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Sabella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Sienna, Eliana, Ava, Syeda, Isabella, Amira, Liyana, Amara, Aria, Sophia, Ayra
Names related to Sabella
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sabella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabella, updated 20 October 2026.